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- HINGE.

- APPLICATION FILED OCT. 26. 191's.

Patented June 27, 1916.

INVENTOn ATTORNEYS,

UNITED sra'ras PATENT onmoa...

CHARLES J. SOSS,' OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO HENRY SOSS AND ONE-THIRD TO SAMUEL SOSS, BOTH OF NEW YORK, N. ,Y.

HINGE.

Specifioation of Letters Patent.

Patented June 27 1916.

Application filed October 28, 1915. Serial No. 57,906.

To all whom it may concem Be it known that I, CHARLES J. Soss, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hinges, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. Thls' lnventlon relates to so-called concealed or disappearlng hinges, whlch, when the door is closed, are concealed from'viewf p In order to make the door close properly such hinges require very accurate fitting; and if removed to take off the door, care must be taken to see that the hinges go back in exactly their original positions.

It is to the removal and replacement of the hinge that the, present invention is di-- rected, and accordingly its chief object is to provide a construction that will permit quick.

devices being lost or misplaced when the hinge is removed. I

To these and other ends the invention consists in the novel features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter described.

The preferred form of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in gvhich a Figure 1 shows one of the hinges in side elevation, with the door and the jamb in section. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the socket membe r which is fixed to the jamb or frame to receive the hinge. Fig. 2 is a front view of one of the locking devices used to fasten the hinge in the socket member. Fig. 3 is a central vertical section on a plane parallel to that of Fig. 1. Fig. lis a section on line 4:4: of Fig. 3, looking in the directionof the arrows. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the hinge-member that fits into the socket member shown in Fig.2. Fig. 6 is a section, on the same plane as Fig. 3, illustrating a modification. 1

The particular hinge shown comprises two parts, av U-shaped member 10 which is usually connected to the door-jamb or frame or to the car body when used on an automobile, and a hook-shaped member 11 which is rigidly mounted onthe edge. of the door and,

when the door is swung out to full-open pivoted (preferably permanently) in and to the U-shaped member or butt-by means of a rivet 12, Figs. 1 and 4. Itwill be 'understood that in opening the door the hook 11. swlngs in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 4. To limit the-extent of swing, the U-shaped memberis provided with inwardly extending lugs 13 .for the hook to abut against osition.

To fasten the U-shaped part or butt 10 to the car body or door frame, I provide a socket member '14, fitted into a mortise in the body or frame and secured thereto, and of a size to permit the U-shaped member tobe insertedeasily and smoothly. The top and bottom of the socket are provided with inclined, inwardly extending lips or flanges 15 each pair tapering like a flat wedge, with the broader end at the inner end of the socket. To fit the two wedges the U-shaped butt member is provided. with similarly shaped openings 16 sothat-when said butt is pressed into the socket it will be held without the slightest looseness-or rattle.

To hold the butt member 10 in firm engagement with the wedge-members on the socket the vertical portions 17 thereof are provided with rotatable locking tongues or clamping arms 18,adapted to swing through transverse slots 19 into engagement with inclined cam-edges 20 on the butt member, said cam-edges being conveniently formed by cutting inclined slots in the butt member, as shown. When the clamping arms are swung into the slots 19, as by a suitable wrench or a screw-driver applied to the slotted heads 21 to which the arms are connect-- ed, they engage the cam edges 20' and hence hold the butt 10'positively in the socket with the sides of the openings 16 tight against the locking wedges 15, thereby holding the parts firmly together without the slightest loos-e ness or shake; as firmly, in fact, as if the two were screwed together. At the same time the arts can be instantly separated by turning the locking or clamping arms out of their slots, whereupon the butt member is free t'o be drawn out of the socket. It will also be seen that'in replacing the hinge it must go back into its original position, so that there is no danger of impairing the ac curate fit of the door. To prevent any possible displacement of the arms by vibration or jolting of the vehicle the cooperating faces and edges can be roughened slightly. The socket member is conveniently formed by cutting and bending in suitable dies at strip of heavy sheet metal, and the other parts of the hinge can be made in a similar manner, as will be readily understood. In practice, I prefer to form two'sockets in the metal strip, a suitable distance apart, to accommodate both hinges of the door.

In" the form shown in Fig. 6 the butt member 10 is secured in the socket, in firm engagement with the wedge members .15, by ascrew 22 threaded into a hole in the inner end o f'the socket. A fastening ring 23, encircling the screw in a groove therein, permits the screw to be turned by a screw driver inserted after the hook 11 has been swung out, but locks the screw to the butt member so that it cannot be lost.

It is to be understood that the invention is not limited 'to the construction herein spe: cifically illustrated and described but can be embodied in other forms without departure from its spirit.

I claim:

1. In a hinge, the combination with a U- shaped butt member, and, a swinging element pivoted therein, of a socket member adapted to receive the butt member; said members being provided with cooperating means to prevent lateral displacement of one relative to the other, and manually releasable means to hold the butt member in the socket member.

2. In a hinge, the combination with a U shaped butt member, and a swinging element pivoted therein, of a socket member adapted to receive the butt member, one of said members being provided with a wedg-v ing device and the oth'er with means to receive the same forpreventing looseness, and manually releasable means to hold the butt member in the socket member.

3. In a hinge, the combination with a U- shaped butt-member having a longitudinal wedge-shaped slot and a transverse inclined edge; of a socket member adapted to receive the butt member, having wedgeshaped means to cooperate with the Wedge-shaped slot in the butt member; and a manually operable clamping device releasably cooperating with the said cam edge to hold the butt member in the socket member with the wedge-shaped means and slot in close engagement with each other.

4. In a hinge, the combination with a U- shaped butt member having tapered longi- I tudinal slot and an incline transverse camedge; of a socket member to receive the butt member, having inclined longitudinal ribs to cooperate with said tapered slot; and a pivoted clamping arm carried by the socket member and cooperating with the inclined cam-edge of the butt member tohold the butt member in the socket member with edges of the tapered slot in firm engagement with the inclined ribs.

5. In a hinge, the-combination of a U- shaped socket member composed of a strip of sheet metal bent to form and having longitudinal inwardly extending inclined ribs; a U-shaped butt member composed of a strip of sheet metal bent to form, having a tapered longitudinal slot to cooperate with the said inclined ribs and-having an inclined transverse cam-edge; and a manually operable clamping arm pivoted on the socket member to cooperate with said cam edge, whereby the butt member is releasably held in the socket member with the tapered slot firmly engaging said ribs.

In testimony whereof'I afiix my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES J. 8088.

"Witnesses: I

I A. F. THORNTON,

P. FRANKEL. 

